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Proverbs 18:16
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A person’s gift opens doors for himand brings him before the great.
A man's gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.
A person's gift makes room for him And brings him before great people.
Taking gifts to important people will help get you in to see them.
A man's gift [given in love or courtesy] makes room for him And brings him before great men.
A man's gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.
A mans gift enlargeth him, and leadeth him before great men.
A man's gift makes room for himAnd leads him into the presence of great men.
A man's gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.
A person's gift clears his way and gives him access to the great.
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Gifts can open many doors and help you meet important people.
A mans gifts make room for him and bring him before great men.
Do you want to meet an important person? Take a gift and it will be easy.
The gift of a person will open doors for him, and before the great, it gives him access.
A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.
Liberalite bryngeth a man to honor and worshipe, & setteth him amonge greate men.
A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.
A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
A mans gift maketh roome for him, & bringeth him before great men.
A mans gyft maketh an open way, to bryng hym before great men.
A man’s gift enlarges him, and seats him among princes.
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
The yift of a man alargith his weie; and makith space to hym bifore princes.
A gift of man makes room for him, And brings him before great men.
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
A person's gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.
A man's gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.
Giving a gift can open doors; it gives access to important people!
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him in front of great men.
A gift opens doors; it gives access to the great.
The gift of a man, maketh room for him, and, before great men, setteth him down.
A man’s gift enlargeth his way, and maketh him room before princes.
A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.
The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.
A gift gets attention; it buys the attention of eminent people.
A man's gift makes room for him And brings him before great men.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 17:8, Proverbs 19:6, Proverbs 21:14, Genesis 32:20, Genesis 33:10, Genesis 43:11, 1 Samuel 25:27
Reciprocal: Genesis 21:27 - took Genesis 24:31 - thou Genesis 32:13 - a present Judges 3:15 - sent a present 1 Samuel 16:20 - an ass laden 1 Samuel 25:18 - took two 1 Samuel 30:26 - to his friends 2 Samuel 16:1 - with a couple 2 Kings 18:31 - Make an agreement with me Proverbs 17:23 - General
Cross-References
The men who were sent by the church went through Phoenicia and Samaria, telling how the Gentiles had turned to God. This news made the Lord's followers very happy.
They were especially sad because Paul had told them, "You will never see me again." Then they went with him to the ship.
But when the week was over, we started on our way again. All the men, together with their wives and children, walked with us from the town to the seashore. We knelt on the beach and prayed.
So I plan to stop off on my way to Spain. Then after a short, but refreshing, visit with you, I hope you will quickly send me on.
They have told the church about your love. They say you were good enough to welcome them and to send them on their mission in a way that God's servants deserve.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A man's gift maketh room for him,.... Or "enlarges him" y; brings him out of prison, or, or out of straits and difficulties with which he, has, been pressed; or it makes way for him to a judge, and for a favourable hearing of his cause; or it enlarges his acquaintance, and gains him respect among men;
and bringeth him before great men; it opens a way for him into the presence and company of great men, being a fee to their servants; or with it he procures a place to wait on them. It is not necessary to understand it of a gift by way of bribe; but to introduce a person to another, and render him acceptable, and appease anger; as in the cases of Jacob and Abigail, Genesis 32:20.
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Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The âgiftâ (or, bribe), by a bold personification, appears as the powerful âfriend at court,â who introduces another, and makes him welcome in high places.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 18:16. A man's gift maketh room for him — It is, and ever has been, a base and degrading practice in Asiatic countries, to bring a gift or present to the great man into whose presence you come. Without this there is no audience, no favour, no justice. This arose from the circumstance that men must not approach the altar of God without an offering. Potentates, wishing to be considered as petty gods, demanded a similar homage: -
Munera, crede mihi, capiunt hominesque deosque;
Placatur donis Jupiter ipse suis.
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"Believe me, gifts prevail much with both gods and men:
even Jupiter himself is pleased with his own offerings."
